Farrakhan puts emphasis on education

 
Students were inspired by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s speech at the F.G. Clark Activity Center Wednesday.
Farrakhan addressed black education, politics, health, and blacks depending on themselves to build their communities.
Farrakhan stressed how the current state of most black communities displays the need for more their community to take care of itself.
“The real burden on us is to make change that is necessary that will make changes for our people,” Farrakhan said.
Farrakhan compared the major difference of the Asian and Indian communities with the black community.
“They are building their communities,” Farrakhan said. He mentioned how keeping money within community builds a better and stronger community.
One method of building a better community mentioned, by Farrakhan, was agriculture.
“Agriculture is the founder of any nation, and everyone should aspire to own land,” Farrakhan said.
He said personal agriculture, as being a method of protection against the radiation is used in many facets of society such as heating of food, processed food, cell phones, cell phone towers, X-rays, and Magnetic Resonation Imaging otherwise known as MRIs.
Farrakhan said how the “supposed” equal education in the United States is actually being found to be unequal because of the Western methodology used.
“We need a superior education not an equal education,” Farrakhan said. Farrakhan talked about the disparity in Asian and Indian success with Caucasian success because of their commitment to including their culture in their education process.
Despite the idea that gaining a degree to be able to be a better prospect for a job, Farrakhan believes it should be used for creation of employment.
“Your education should employ us to create employment,” Farrakhan said. He told of the process of gaining a degree for higher financial possibilities being a Western ideology and how it is not productive to the world.
Farrakhan encouraged students to choose majors that would be more important to society.
“Challenge yourself with majors that make a difference,” Farrakhan said.
While stressing education, Farrakhan discussed his displeasure with people judging President Barack Obama, not addressing the black people’s needs directly.
“Unjust to judge the President on a black agenda because he is President of America not Black America,” Farrakhan said.
Marcus Hooper, a senior sociology major from Mansfield, La., spoke of some things he learned from Farrakhan’s speech.
“I actually learned it’s more to education than what we are being taught,” Hooper said. He revealed his reason for attending was to hear a different voice of inspiration other than what he has been hearing.
Jerrell Smith, a junior computer science major from Shreveport discussed how he will inform absent students of the missed opportunity.
“I would tell them they missed out on insight about their true history,” Smith said. He said he had done some prior research on black history.
Jade Williams, business management grad student from Linden, New Jersey discussed what the speech motivated her to take action in.
“It helps me to stay focused to creating my own business,” Williams said.
Bre’ona X, a freshman chemistry major from Walker, La., talked the organization of the event.
“Sister Deborah Muhammad originally planned it for last semester, but it was moved to the beginning of this semester,” said X.  She said for those who missed the event they can purchase the DVD online at www.noi.org.